Fun on the Beach

I finished this sketch yesterday but not as I would have liked to! Perhaps I sprayed the fixative too close last time and when I picked it up again, i saw small blobs of it all over him! Well some things aren't destined to reach a fair end.Anyway I am posting it as it is....

work in progress 3

A bad photo..the sketch is larger than my scanner's bed...so I have to take photos ...

work in progress 2

This is the stage I am working on at the moment. I have just started the old man's shading. Kid has got his share, but still needs a bit of finishing. Also added tiny waves in the background..
Have a Nice Day!

Fun on the beach

This is Picasso himself...

A sketch in Progress-1

Here I have completed the basic outline work, and started shading from the upper left corner. When drawing portraits, I go from one end to the other, from top to bottom shading the parts as close to finished as possible. This is to avoid any smudging by the hand.

This is the first layer of shading on the child's face.I use circuler strokes instead of usual anguler or cross hatch.It gives a smoother effect. After shading I use a fine cloth wrapped around my finger to smooth out the tones. Then , another round of shading if a darken tone is required.
Thats all for today...Have a nice day!

Today's Sketch

My nephew Pancham, Five years old...he is watching his favourite cartoon here, just woken up and all tussled! I have used 2h, h, 2B and 6B pencils on 10''X11'' paper

Nandini

A pencil sketch on paper

My son sitting on a window seat of a train.We took this journey recently and i was getting bored...it was a rough sketch....


The view from my seat...it was pretty boring till this gentlemen in turban decided to get up and spice it up!

Wise old Sage

Another sketch I did today.I borrowed the subject from Mostafa again...

Today's sketch

A portrait of an elegant old lady by illustrious photographer Yousuf Karsh......it deserved a quick sketch!

Another minibook published

I got another of my minibook published online on sharing books today...Happy reading!

a quick flash sketch

I was trying the brush tool of flash here for a quick drawing....